Deflector and light filter



se p. 20,1927. 1,643,187

W. G. STEIN DEFLEGTOR AND LIGHT FILTER Filed Ju1yl8, 1925 Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

UNITED. STATES WILLIAIVI G. STEIN, OF CANTON, OHIO.

DEFLECTOR AND LIGHT FILTER:

Application filed July 18, 1925. Serial N0. 44,558.

The invention relates to means for preventing a glare from automobile headlights, andmore particularly to a colored, translucent, perforated shield arranged to be located over the lower portion of a headlight reflector beneath the lamp bulb thereof.

. The object of the invention is to provide a segmental deflector and light filter, formed of pyrolin or similar translucent material 10 preferably of a green color, and having perforations therein; a simple and elficient attachment being provided for connecting the deflector to the lamp bulb of the headlight and holding the same over the surface of the reflector, beneath the bulb, whereby all light rays projected downward from the bulb are filtered through the colored deflector, preventing a glare from being directed upward infrontof the headlight.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Fig. 1, is a plan View of the improved deflector and light filter.

Fig.2, a sectional View through a headlight equipped with the improved deflector and light filter; and

-Fig. 3, a detached view 01 the attaching clip by means ofwhich'the deflector is connected to the lamp bulb.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The casing of a headlight of conventional form is shown at 1, provided with the usual bowl-shaped reflector 2, upon the inside thereof, the lamp 8, of any usual form, being centrally located within the casing and mounted in the usual socket 4. I

The deflector and light filter, to which the invention pertains, may be in the form of a segmental sheet 5,0f green pyrolin or similar colored, translucent material having the arcuate, cut away, portion 6, at its apex, a pair of spaced openings 7, preferably reinforced,

as by the eyelets shown, being located in the longitudinal axis of the segment, nearsaid' cut away portion.

For the purpose of mount ng the deflector within the headlight casing, a spring wire clip 8, formed of a single piece of spring wire, bent upon itself and provided with the central eye 9, and the twisted inter-engaging fingers 10, as shown in detail in Figure 3, is provided.

The eye portion 9, of this clip, is placed over the neck of the lamp bulb 3, as shown in Figure 2, and the fingers 10, whichnormally extend in the position shown in F igure 3, are pressed together and inserted through the opening 7, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

1 The translucent deflector and light filter thus assumes the position shown in Figure 2, covering substantially the lower third of the reflector. Spaced perforations 11 may be provided in the deflector to permit a small portion of the rays oflight from thelamp to pass through the same to the reflector, but it will be seen that as these rays are reflected through the deflector that they will pass through an imperforate portion of the same. It will thus be obvious that all the rays of light passing downward from the lamp will be filtered through the deflector and light filter, which covers the lower portion of the reflector, thus preventing a glare from being reflected upward above thelevel of the head light, all of the uncolored rays of light being reflected from the upper portion of the reflector, downward upon theroad in front of the headlight.

I claim: r In combination with a. headlight having a bowl shapedreflector'and a centrally located lamp bulb therein, a segmental sheet of translucentmaterial covering the lower por tion of the reflector and providedwith a pair of spaced apertures, and a spring clip having an eye portion surrounding the neck of the lamp bulb and a pair'of fingers arranged to be inserted in said apertures.

hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM G. STEIN.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have s 

